monometallic
Americanadjective
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of or using one metal.
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pertaining to monometallism.
adjective
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(esp of coins) consisting of one metal only
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relating to monometallism
Etymology
Origin of monometallic
Example Sentences
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So far as it was actually put in practice it made France monometallic.
From The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 by William Arthur Shaw
There are those in England who still believe that this war will be the supreme test of the gold monometallic base for money and banking.
From The Audacious War by Clarence W. (Clarence Walker) Barron
This Act was repealed, but in substance re-enacted by the Coinage Act of 1870, and is still in principle and fact the law of the land and the basis of our monometallic system.
From The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 by William Arthur Shaw
Indeed, it is a matter of practical certainty that they will be far less extensive than they would be under the monometallic system, whichever metal were adopted as the standard of deferred payments.
From Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted by Chester Arthur Phillips
The evil was due to a badly-regulated, weltering, bimetallic system; the remedy was a monometallic system.
From The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 by William Arthur Shaw
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